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dolmen

/dohl-men, -muhn, dol-/US // ˈdoʊl mɛn, -mən, ˈdɒl- //UK // (ˈdɒlmɛn) //

多尔曼,碉堡,堐黍,碉堡了

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Archaeology.

    • : a structure usually regarded as a tomb, consisting of two or more large, upright stones set with a space between and capped by a horizontal stone.

Examples

  • Near the station of Sens, in France, there is a curious dolmen, on one of whose upright stones or props are carved two human feet.

  • Grey dolmen and grey menhir already stand there, by the last shores, memorials of his destiny.

  • The custom of burning the body commenced in the Stone Age, before the long barrow or the dolmen had passed out of use.

  • A brown shadow moved in the bracken near the dolmen, a brown face peered with infinite caution, round a flank of the great stones.

  • Occasionally legend assists us to prove the mortuary character of menhir and dolmen.